The temperature on December 24, 1947 was between 5.6 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain during 9.7 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
February 28 » February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
March 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
July 26 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
November 25 » Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
Day of death May 2, 2017
The temperature on May 2, 2017 was between 4.7 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 6.7 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
January 21 » Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale women's march, on Donald Trump's first full day as President of the United States.
February 11 » North Korea test fires a ballistic missile across the Sea of Japan.
June 12 » American student Otto Warmbier returns home in a coma after spending 17 months in a North Korean prison and dies a week later.
August 25 » Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful Category4 hurricane, the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2004. Over the next few days, the storm causes catastrophic flooding throughout much of eastern Texas, killing 106 people and causing $125billion in damage.
October 27 » Catalonia declares independence from Spain.
November 21 » Robert Mugabe formally resigns as President of Zimbabwe, after thirty-seven years in office.
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